Jumping on the bandwagon... Yeah, I'd eat that!

The Omnivore's Hundred.

Discovered at Very Good Taste; a list of things he thinks every omnivore should eat. Everyone seems to be posting this one at the moment, so I'll be a lemming too. I'm not a seafood eater, not for any reason other than I generally don't like the taste, but I'll try (almost) anything once. I have it on good authority that Haggis is disgusting, but as long as I'm allowed to pit it out if I agree, then I'm willing to give it a go. I'v only eaten 25, but with only one cross off, I willing to get that higher!

What he wants you to do:


1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.


The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

The Food Porn Meme

Kazari dobbed me in for The Food Porn Meme, as thought up by Rosanne. I have no idea what rating my blog was before, but have no doubt this will 'adultify' what ever I was.

1. What food do you consider the best “date” food? In other words, what meal or food item do you think is sexiest to eat in the company of someone you would like to look sexy around?

Ice cream in a cone. Or maybe a long phallic icy pole. But I'm leaning more towards the ice cream in a cone.

2. What well-known person would you like to share a meal with—with or without clothing. (saying whether or not clothes are involved is optional).

Well, although I've never tried sushi, so I don't know if I'd even like it, it's always been one of my goals to eat sushi off a naked body... and Jessica Alba would make a great table - and she's brainy too, so we could talk afterwards!

3. What does your perfect breakfast-in-bed look like? (Food AND the details, please. Candles? Music? Flowers? Hot tub? Dancing girls?)

Um... In case you hadn't noticed, I'm not really much of a romantic. A partner who doesn't believe in Valentine's Day, and two young children seems to have leeched out any romantic leanings I once may have had, and I seriously don't know how to answer this. I guess it would have bacon, and either no toast, or not be in bed (crumbs in bed = bad!) but honestly the only thing I can think of is that it would be 2 or 3 years in the future, be made by my kids on Mother's day or some such occasion, and probably be shared by the whole family all sitting on our bed. Actually, all 'food porn' and romantic thoughts aside, three kids and my DP all crowded around sharing a breakfast the kids made for me sounds pretty much perfect to me.

4. What do you consider the best application of whipped cream to be?

Well, the best use for whipped cream is to make ice cream, but once again I feel I'm missing the point, or perhaps just being deliberately obtuse. Whipped cream is cold though, so I'd have to say used for a dip for strawberries, perhaps piped on to the tip of strawberries, so you could lick the cream off the strawberry, for an effect much akin to the answer in question one.

5. Oh-God-No, Biff, the yacht is sinking! You are sent to the galley to retrieve the food. What luxury food items do you snatch first? The champagne? The caviar? Smoked Salmon? Truffles? Chocolate? Or something else?

Um, is the yacht sinking in the harbour? If so, the sun-dried tomatoes and prosciutto. If not, and we are miles from land, I'd grab the big tank of fresh water, and whatever staples I could lay my hands on. Not luxurious I know, but I was a scout, and practical is not really a trait you grow out of.

Now I get to put another five people through this torture... not sure this is the best way to make friends in the blogosphere, but here goes none the less:

1. Katrina, @ What Katrina's Up To At The Moment
2. Stephanie @ Dispensing Happiness, because I know she open tags instead of passing on memes, so I don't have to fear getting tagged back with a new meme.
3. Purple Goddess @ A Goddess in the Kitchen, purely because she's always eating the most interesting foods, at the coolest places, and I'd love to see how she answers. But she doesn't know me, so I don't know how well she'll take being tagged by a stranger.
4. Sara @ i like to cook, another tagging a stranger deal-y, but I don't 'know' that many bloggers yet.
5. Lynn @ Cookie Baker Lynn - see above *blush*